Dobell
It Polls for Thee
Marginal Liberal, 4.8% (post-redistribution – previously 5.9%)
Dobell is an outer suburban seat that takes in the northern half of the Central Coast dominated by retirees and young families. It is based on Wyong Shire and includes Wamberal, Ourimbah, Tuggerah, Wyong, Berkeley Vale, Bateau Bay, The Entrance, Warnervale and Norah Head, plus a semi-rural area in the west around Kulnura and Yarramalong. The Liberal MP Ken Ticehurst has held the seat since 2001 when in a surprise win he defeated Labor’s Michael Lee, who had held Dobell since its creation in 1984. Labor’s candidate this time is Craig Thomson, National Secretary of the Health Services Union.
The redrawing of the electoral boundaries has helped the ALP, and Ticehurst is a low-profile MP. While this is the sort of seat Labor wants to win, there is a chance that the unpopularity of the NSW State Government may damage the federal party’s chances, leaving them more reliant on Queensland and South Australia.
Declared Candidates
- Steve Hughes, Citizens Electoral Council
- Scott Rickard, Greens
- Naomi Paton, Family First
- Craig Thomson, Australian Labor Party
- Ken Ticehurst, Liberal Party
- Nicholas Tomlin, Citizens Electoral Council
2 PARTY PREFERRED BOOTH SWINGS - 2004 ELECTION
2 PARTY PREFERRED VOTE BY BOOTH - 2004 ELECTION
LEGEND:
Blue: Liberals
Red: Labor
Size of figure reflects the number of votes cast at booth
OTHER NSW MARGINALS
